Synodic month length 29.34 days

Length of current 787 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 4 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 788 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 40 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 29 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 6 September 2063 Thursday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠358.9°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠14.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon in apogee

Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 18:12, this is 13 days after last perigee on 24 August 2063 at 02:53 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 21 September 2063 at 13:02 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 406 190 km

This apogee Moon is 406 190 km(252 395 mi) away from Earth. It is 782 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 519 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 22:09 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 20 September 2063 at 16:51 in ♌ Leo.

New draconic month

Moon after southern standstill

5 days after previous South standstill on 1 September 2063 at 05:30 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.251°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.212° in the next northern standstill on 15 September 2063 at 22:42 in ♊ Gemini.